ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,779, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Blackhawk Network Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Systems, methods, and apparatus for the display of stored-value cards" was invented by Michael Andrew Carrow (Walnut Creek, Calif.) and Jack Kirk Hu (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus for the placement, retention, display, marketing, selection, removal, or combinations thereof, of a stored-value card. More specifically disclosed herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for the placement, retention, display, marketing, selection, removal, or combinations thereof, of a stored-value card associated with...